Jennifer Psaki is the star of the US State Department. Biography and “best” pearls of Psaki. Events in Ukraine, Snowden, etc. The film is compiled from stories posted on YouTube and containing broadcasts from well-known media (Channel 1, Russia 1, Channel 5, RT, NewsOnline, etc.)

Jennifer Psaki is a superstar of the State Department, the Internet and TV.

Jennifer Renee Psaki born in 1978. in Stamford, Connecticut - official representative of the US State Department, formerly official representative of US President Barack Obama.

Political career

The dogs gave me a pink hat. Near Lavrov and Kerry.

Psaki began her political career in 2001, while participating in the re-election campaign of Democratic candidates in Iowa. Psaki then became deputy press secretary for John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign. In 2005-2006, Psaki worked as communications director for Representative Joseph Crowley and as local press secretary for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC).

During the 2008 presidential campaign, Psaki served as a traveling press secretary for Senator Barack Obama. After Obama won the election, Psaki followed him to the White House as deputy press secretary and then became director on December 19, 2009. September 22, 2011 Psaki leaves government service and becomessenior vice president and managing director of public affairs at Global Strategy Group in Washington, D.C. .

In the 2012 elections Psaki returns to politics as Barack Obama's press secretary. On February 11, 2013, Psaki became the official representative of the US State Department. There are rumors that in the future she may take the position of White House Press Secretary.

Psaki - the ideological machine of the State Department and its critics

Psaki's speeches attract the attention of a huge audience from 190 countries. Russian and American media and Runet users often express doubts about Psaki’s competence and laugh at her. However, it is too early to laugh. The secret of her amazing success is in the “stupidity” that she “carries” from high stands. A woman is forgiven for her stupidity.And any superstar would envy such attention. Therefore, Psaki has become a real ideological machine of the US State Department, which constantly generates propaganda “pearls” that scatter throughout the world. And now it doesn’t matter what kind of information she disseminates. The important thing is that this information spreads around the world.

In discussions of events in the world and in eastern Ukraine, Psaki regularly refers to some sources from the Government of Ukraine, eyewitnesses from the scene and photographs from the Internet, but does not attempt to analyze the reliability of the information. If Psaki herself feels like she doesn't have an answer to a question, she says she'll figure it out in the office or simply moves on to the next question.

During a discussion of the attack on an arms depot in Slavyansk, Psaki blamed the deaths of civilians on supporters of federalization, but could not explain where such information came from.

During a press conference on referendums on self-determination in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine, Psaki spoke about “carousel mechanisms” for voting in eastern Ukraine, but could not explain what these “carousels” were.

Psaki was unable to explain the connection between the deployment of Ukrainian National Guard forces to the southeast of the country and Joe Biden's visits to Ukraine, so she ignored the question.

At one of the conferences, Jennifer Psaki presented as evidence of the presence of Russian troops in Ukraine photographs taken on the Internet of bearded men, “whose appearance indicates their connection with Russia. We have pointed this out publicly many times..."

In response to American sanctions In relation to the Russian space program, Rogozin proposed that the United States transport astronauts into orbit using a trampoline. Psaki was seriously puzzled by this question.

On June 10, Jen Psaki said at a briefing before reporters that she “has become the target of attacks from Russian propaganda” for supporting the Kyiv authorities.

To a journalist's remark that the United States is also engaged in propaganda on this issue, Psaki responded: “I think there is a significant difference between sending a message of unity in support of Ukraine - which we are doing and are proud of this campaign - and making personal and inaccurate attacks, which Russian propaganda was engaged in,”

To the remark that the American side also made harsh statements against the Russians, Psaki replied: “I don’t think we are equal in this. That's my opinion." And so as not to receive new “difficult” questions from Psaki immediately completed the briefing.

On June 13, Associated Press journalist Matthew Lee asked Psaki comment on information about the possible use of phosphorus bombs by Ukrainian troops in the vicinity of Slavyansk on the night of June 12. Question Psaki's regular opponentagain stumped Psaki. Matthew Lee noted that there are photos and videos indicating the use of this type of ammunition. Psaki asked the journalist hopefully: “Do you mean the use by the Russians?” The journalist clarified that the Ukrainian military. “I haven’t seen any relevant messages,” Psaki responded with disappointment.

Jokes about Psaki (as stated by dog ​​jokes)

On the Internet for a short time A series of comic videos and jokes on the topic “As Psaki stated” has already appeared, for example:

Jennifer Psaki: If Belarus invades Ukraine, the US 6th Fleet will be immediately deployed to the shores of Belarus.

Journalist: But Belarus has no access to the sea.

Jennifer Psaki: The State Department is not embarrassed by this.

The United States reported categorical disagreement with the so-called “victory” of the Russian team in the match at the World Hockey Championship. This was stated by US State Department spokesperson Jennifer Psaki: “This match had nothing to do with real hockey. In the 21st century, you can’t play hockey as if it’s the 20th century. The imperial ambitions of the Russian team are clearly demonstrated in the very methods of playing the game, as it was in the worst years of the USSR: the dirty puck carousel that the Russian team staged against the US team and the blocking of democratic pucks into their own goal is an attempt to revise the existing status quo and a threat pan-European security."

At the same time, Jennifer Psaki, when asked by a journalist, clarified that she does not know what a carousel is, but it is written so in her text and she is sure that it is something terrible and incompatible with universal human values: “We have no doubt that Russia is behind all this . This is evidenced by Putin’s recent participation in a match of the so-called “Night Hockey League”, where he personally scored 6 goals into the opponent’s goal. Now his whole bloody plan becomes obvious, all of this was planned by Russia from the very beginning.”

She also stated that President Obama expressed deep concern about the results of the game and stated that "Russia is now not only on the wrong side of history, but also on the wrong side of geography, physics and physical culture."

She also said that economic sanctions would be immediately imposed against the players of the Russian national team: “We, together with our European partners around the world, have decided to introduce immediate, extensive economic sanctions against those directly involved in the incident. Russia will pay dearly for this. We have made a difficult decision: all discount cards of Russian national team players in European and American sports store chains Reebok, Nike, Adidas will be frozen until the next seasonal sales.

Jokes about Jen Psaki

The very existence of Psaki is unverified information!

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Jennifer Psaki: If Belarus invades Ukraine, the US 6th Fleet will be immediately deployed to the shores of Belarus.
Journalist: But Belarus has no access to the sea.
Jennifer Psaki: The State Department is not embarrassed by this.

Suggestion for the New Russian dictionary:
dogs - stupidity
to prank - to be stupid
psakovat - talk nonsense
to make a mistake - everyone will figure it out for themselves.

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Ms. Psaki, can you not lie?
- The US State Department has no information on this issue.

JEN PSAKI:
WASHINGTON has no evidence of UKRAINE's involvement in the fall
BOEING. This means that he was shot down by ALIENS hired by RUSSIA...
and in any case she is GUILTY FOR EVERYTHING!

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Against the backdrop of the narrow-minded statements of Jen Psaki, nonsense from Victoria Nuland and the opuses of Barack Obama, there was a proposal to introduce a unit of insanity into circulation: 1 psak. 1000 psak is already 1 Nuland, and 1000 Nuland is 1 Obama.

In response to Matt's question, is Kyiv being wise to continue fighting in the area of ​​the Boeing crash, a State Department spokeswoman responded:
“The main culprits are pro-Russian separatists. You can't rely on them. They needed to respect the truce... The Russians say one thing, do another, and this is a clear example.”

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Don't build a new bridge, comrade,
Give a penny for Psaki:
She urgently needs a new brain
Human, but also dogs.

"We want Ukraine to have access to additional volumes of gas if they are needed. As you all know, natural gas is transported via a gas pipeline from Western Europe through Ukraine to Russia."

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The United States reported categorical disagreement with the so-called “victory” of the Russian team in the match at the World Hockey Championship. This was stated by the speaker of the US State Department, J. Psaki: “This match had nothing to do with real hockey. In the 21st century, you cannot play hockey as if it were the 20th century. The imperial ambitions of the Russian team are clearly demonstrated in the very methods of play games, as it was in the worst years of the existence of the USSR: the dirty puck carousel that the Russian team staged against the US team and the blocking of democratic pucks into their own goal is an attempt to revise the existing status quo and a threat to pan-European security."

Separately, Ms. Psaki noted the defiantly shaved beard of hockey player Ovechkin, as a sign of protest against Eurovision: “This is a protest against pan-European values, against the choice of Europe! In the 21st century, you can’t just shave off your beard if you don’t like something! This is unacceptable , the beard should be returned immediately!"

Our Psaki is crying loudly,
dropped the river into the ball!
Hush, Psakicheka, don't cry
You better hide the fool deeper!

***

"We do not recognize the results of the referendum that took place in Donetsk and Lugansk. There were reports of election carousels, pre-filled ballots, children voting and voting for absentees."
When asked by Associated Press correspondent Matthew Lee what an “election carousel” is, Psaki admitted that she was just reading the text and did not know what it meant. But she promised to check with her colleagues.
The journalist clarified that we are not talking about children riding on a carousel, she replied: “I think not, they have their own technology there.”

Press conference at the US State Department. Psaki reports:
— In Avakov’s broken company there were more than a hundred members of the Right Sector.
Matt Lee:
— Jen, please clarify what a “company” is?
The dogs blushed:
- Okay, I’ll check with the State Department on how to bow correctly Russian word"mouth"

***

Psaki: The Russian border treacherously crossed Ukrainian armored personnel carriers and broke them...

Put Psaka back on TV!

“I must admit that I am just reading this text. I don't know what it is myself. I’ll check with my colleagues!” “Let’s come back to this topic later...” “Next question!” “Okay, I was joking!” “These pictures were on Twitter!” “Draw your own conclusions!” - this is how statements that US State Department spokesperson Jennifer Psaki regularly makes to the press often end. Perhaps, even if you glue them all into one sentence, the significance of everything said will not change much. After all, through the mouth of Jen Psaki, the State Department is not broadcasting facts, but IMHO. Why now has the State Department decided to allow Psaki to serve as an official, explaining to the whole world what they want in Washington?

The most quoted and discussed of the inhabitants of Capitol Hill was Jennifer Psaki, the official representative of the State Department. And the reason for this is not frequently changing outfits, not intensive work. And statements to the press, each of which creates such a sensation that Psaki’s name has already become a household name.

Having noted at the post with the words that Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland swears because she was spoiled in her youth by Russian sailors, now the press secretary is gathering halls, her briefings are being parsed into quotes in the style of “I don’t know anything, I don’t understand anything, but in It’s all Russia’s fault.”

There are already a series of “As Psaki Stated” jokes on the Internet, such as: if Belarus invades Ukraine, the US 6th Fleet will be immediately transferred to the shores of Belarus. The fact that Belarus has no coasts does not bother the State Department, Psaki said.

Two flags, two monitors and a pulpit on a barely visible stage. In a small room, as a rule, there are no more than a couple of dozen people, but any spoken word artist dreams of such a hall. The word spoken here spreads throughout the world. And this word carries foreign policy US State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki.

Jennifer Renee Psaki was born in Connecticut in 1978 in the family of a construction worker and a psychotherapist. She graduated from the private College of William and Mary, the oldest university in the United States after Harvard. Psaki is a Bachelor of Philosophy and captain of the varsity backstroke team. In 2001 she joined the US Democratic Party. During John Kerry's presidential election campaign, she coordinated work with the media, but ultimately made a career in Barack Obama's press service. In February 2013, she moved to the US State Department. Married.

The State Department holds press conferences every day, touching on even issues that do not seem to concern the United States. Here, for example, is a list of topics on which Jen Psaki spoke at just one briefing on Thursday: Russia, Ukraine, China, Thailand, Syria, Sudan, North Korea, Iraq, Turkey, Israel, Palestine, Mali, India, Mexico, Nigeria , Vietnam, India, Egypt. The US cares about everything.

As a result, the number of topics, of course, affects the quality of their analysis. It turned out that Jen Psaki, when delivering a text prepared by her assistants, often does not understand what she is saying.

Jen Psaki, spokesperson for the US State Department: “We do not recognize the results of the referendum that took place in Donetsk and Lugansk. There have been reports of election carousels, pre-filled ballots, children voting and absentee voting.”

Associated Press Writer Matt Lee: Forgive my ignorance. What is an “election carousel”? I’ve never heard of one like this.”

Jen Psaki: “I have to admit, I’m just reading this text. I don't know what it is myself. I’ll check with my colleagues what this is all about.”

Jen Psaki: “I think not, Matt.”

“I need to clarify” and “let’s return to this topic later” are phrases that journalists hear from the State Department representative regularly. Recently, she was unable to name a single significant achievement of American foreign policy during the tenure of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, although she herself raised this topic at Psaki’s briefing. There is nothing to say about “inconvenient” questions.

Gayane Chichakyan, Russia Today journalist: “Is it a coincidence that both times the Ukrainian authorities sent troops to Eastern Ukraine immediately after the visit of high-ranking US representatives to Kyiv? The first time it was John Brennan, and now it's Vice President Joe Biden. Biden advised to act this way, or is it a coincidence?

Jen Psaki: “I think you are simply repeating the words of Foreign Minister Lavrov.”

Gayane Chichakyan: “Well, what is your answer?”

Jen Psaki: “Next question!”

However, not only journalists, but also the State Department itself often puts its official representative in an awkward position. An example of this is photographs of a bearded man in camouflage, which Washington took from the Internet and called evidence of the presence of Russian troops in eastern Ukraine.

Matt Lee, Associated Press correspondent: “How sure are you that these photographs show people with ties to Russia?”

Jen Psaki: “These photos went around all the world's media, they were on Twitter, and they are in the public domain. In the photographs we see that these people, judging by external signs, are clearly related to Russia.”

Matt Lee: “Is this what you call proof?”

Psaki: “Uh-huh.”

Said, journalist: “But you don’t want to say that the US government, with all its intelligence and so on, now depends on the photographs that were posted on the Internet!?”

Jen Psaki: “These pictures are from open sources. Draw your own conclusions."

The topic was immediately picked up by comedy shows. Even the Americans themselves laughed at the State Department.

"Seriously? This is your evidence?! A fat man with a beard?! Yes, in Eastern Europe everyone is like that! Yes, he looks like almost every guy in the world! Yes, that's two-thirds of ZZ Top. Or this is the guy who produced the first Beastie Boys album!” - jokes the host of the comedy show “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.”

Psaki also tries to joke, or rather laugh it off. It turns out awkwardly, as, for example, in the story of Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland, who telephone conversation with Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt, discussing options for the configuration of the future Ukrainian government (again, it would seem, what does the USA have to do with this?) She spoke obscenely about the European Union.

Jen Psaki: “You all know Toria well, and you are probably aware that when she was 23 years old, she lived on board a Russian ship for 8 months, and may have learned certain vocabulary there.”

Question: “So they taught her to swear? Do you mean that she is prejudiced against Russia?”

Jen Psaki: "No, I'm guessing she might have picked up some Russian profanity on board that fishing boat."

Journalist: “But she swore in English.”

Jen Psaki: “She... Okay, I was joking.”

Journalist: “Oh, I see.”

There is a clear shortage of personnel in the State Department, analysts say, and note that there is a particularly lack of specialists in Russia. Young cadres prefer the Arab or Chinese direction, while the old ones think in terms of the Cold War. The result is obvious.

A fragment of the humorous show “The daily show with Jon Stewart”:

Host: “And now the question is: what should America do with all this now? What's the stupidest option you can come up with?

Congressman: “We must make a tactical decision and arm Kyiv, give them 100 T-72 tanks from NATO stockpiles.”

Presenter: “We have already done it!!! But the pro-Russian fighters took them away and are now having fun in the parking lot near the store!”

Washington currently does not have a well-thought-out policy in relations with Russia, experts say. Because there is simply no one to think about the prospects. Decisions are made depending on the situation, and it changes rapidly. The Obama administration does not have time to calculate the consequences.

Since 1983, the State Department budget has included expenses for the training of advisers on the USSR. After all, the United States had to take into account Moscow’s interests around the world. Then the emphasis in global politics shifted, and last year the State Department even completely stopped funding programs for training Russian analysts. Now it turns out that they were in a hurry. As the newspapers write, the programs are going to not only be restored, but perhaps even expanded.

At the latest daily news conferences held by the US State Department, department spokeswoman Jen Psaki, who has quickly gained internet fame for her comments and statements, was replaced by Marie Harf. But, apparently, Psaki will be quoted for a long time.

Jen Psaki gained fame almost immediately after the crisis in Ukraine began, and a “stupidity and incompetence rating scale” was even named after her. The first episode that brought worldwide fame was Psaki’s clumsy comment after Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland’s leaked conversation with Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt about forming a government in the country. Then Nuland spoke obscenely about European Union. But there are much more comments from a US foreign policy representative that deserve attention. AND most of some of them look like jokes.

About Victoria Nuland's past

“You all know Victoria well and are probably aware that when she was 23 years old, she lived on board a Russian ship for 8 months and may have learned certain vocabulary there.”

Psaki, answering a clarifying question, suggested that on board this fishing vessel Nuland could have learned Russian profanity.

Journalists noted that the Deputy Secretary of State swore in English, without using expressions in Russian.

“Okay, I was joking,” Psaki said, and she herself laughed at her “joke.” But for some reason the media did not share her joy.

The status of superpower and planetary gendarme, in our eyes firmly associated with America, is just a recent historical innovation. Until the middle of the 20th century, or rather the Second World War, no one considered the United States to be a global political force. Their decisive role in the First World War seemed rather an exception to the rule, which seemed to be confirmed by the failure in the Senate to ratify the League of Nations treaty. In the 20-30s, conservatism of thinking did not allow us to see in the defeat of the Kaiser’s Germany a prototype of future changes. Isolationism seemed to be the credo of American foreign policy. And I needed another one World War so that the secret becomes clear.

About the shores of Belarus

"If Belarus invades Ukraine, the US 6th Fleet will be immediately transferred to the shores of Belarus."

And it doesn’t matter that Belarus does not have access to the sea shores.

On gas supplies from Europe to Russia

"We want Ukraine to have access to additional gas volumes if they are needed. As you all know, natural gas is transported via a gas pipeline from Western Europe through Ukraine to Russia."

True, Jen Psaki quickly corrected her mistake.

But the statement of the official representative of the State Department quickly spread across the Internet.

About "election carousels"

"We do not recognize the results of the referendum that took place in Donetsk and Lugansk. There were reports of election carousels, pre-filled ballots, children voting and voting for absentees."

When asked by Associated Press correspondent Matthew Lee what an “election carousel” is, Psaki admitted that she was just reading the text and did not know what it meant. But she promised to check with her colleagues.

The journalist clarified that we are not talking about children riding on a carousel, she replied: “I think not, they have their own technology there.”

About Ukraine's gas debt

When asked about Russia’s demands to pay for gas supplied to Ukraine, and that payment for goods supplied is the basis of normal commodity-money relations, Jen expressed her point of view: “I understand what they are saying. But if you consider the agreements that were concluded between countries in the past, and what is happening now, it is obvious that this is no longer just a business dispute."

She promised to further look into the issue when she returned to the office.

Familiar Russian adversaries, former American ambassadors Denis Corboy, William Courtney and Kenneth Yalowitz, discuss what the United States and the West should do in “Responding to Russia.” Critically assessing the actions of President Putin and the Federation Council, they pointed out that “Russia’s aggression in Crimea” repeats the invasion of Georgia in 2008 and violates the post-Cold War order that guaranteed sovereignty and independence to Russia’s neighbors. Now neighbors - even NATO members in Central and Eastern Europe - feel less protected. Tougher measures from the West are needed, they note former ambassadors, because – the stakes are high. They don’t talk much about democracy, so you can guess that “high stakes” means maintaining the new pro-Western government in Kyiv.

About the visits of US representatives to Ukraine

Notable was the reaction of a State Department official to the question that the Ukrainian authorities were sending troops to Eastern Ukraine immediately after the visit of senior US representatives to Kyiv: “I think you are simply repeating the words of Foreign Minister Lavrov.”

But when asked to give an answer, Psaki suggested moving on to the next question.

About Babai's photographs

Another gem was related to the discussion of the State Department’s evidence regarding the presence of Russian military personnel in eastern Ukraine. As evidence, Psaki cited photographs showing a militiaman from Slavyansk nicknamed Babai: “These photographs went around all the world media. They were on Twitter, and they are in the public domain. In the photographs we see that these people, judging by external signs are clearly related to Russia."

Journalists were left perplexed and tried to develop the topic by asking Psaki whether all US government intelligence now depends on photographs on the Internet. But her answer did not clarify the situation: “These pictures are from open sources. Draw your own conclusions.”

American beauty - the most quoted and discussed of the inhabitants of Capitol Hill was Jennifer Psaki, the official representative of the State Department.

And the reason for this is not frequently changing outfits, not intensive work. And statements to the press, each of which creates such a sensation that Psaki’s name has already become a household name.

Having noted at the post with the words that Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland swears because she was spoiled in her youth by Russian sailors, now the press secretary is gathering halls, her briefings are being parsed into quotes in the style of “I don’t know anything, I don’t understand anything, but in It's all Russia's fault."

There are already a series of jokes on the Internet “As stated by Psaki,” such as: if Belarus invades Ukraine, the US 6th Fleet will be immediately transferred to the shores of Belarus. The fact that Belarus has no coasts does not bother the State Department, Psaki said.

Why now has the State Department decided to allow Psaki to serve as an official, explaining to the whole world what they want in Washington?

Two flags, two monitors and a pulpit on a barely visible stage. In a small room, as a rule, there are no more than a couple of dozen people, but any spoken word artist dreams of such a hall. The word spoken here spreads throughout the world. And this word of US foreign policy is carried by the official representative of the State Department, Jen Psaki.

Jennifer Renee Psaki was born in Connecticut in 1978 in the family of a construction worker and a psychotherapist. She graduated from the private College of William and Mary, the oldest university in the United States after Harvard. Psaki is a Bachelor of Philosophy student and captain of the varsity backstroke team. In 2001 she joined the US Democratic Party. During John Kerry's presidential election campaign, she coordinated work with the media, but ultimately made a career in Barack Obama's press service. In February 2013, she moved to the US State Department. Married.

The State Department holds press conferences every day, touching on even issues that do not seem to concern the United States. Here, for example, is a list of topics on which Jen Psaki spoke at just one briefing on Thursday: Russia, Ukraine, China, Thailand, Syria, Sudan, North Korea, Iraq, Turkey, Israel, Palestine, Mali, India, Mexico, Nigeria , Vietnam, India, Egypt. The US cares about everything.

As a result, the number of topics, of course, affects the quality of their analysis. It turned out that Jen Psaki, when delivering a text prepared by her assistants, often does not understand what she is saying.

Jen Psaki, US State Department spokesperson: "We do not recognize the results of the referendum that took place in Donetsk and Lugansk. There were reports of election carousels, pre-filled ballots, children voting and voting for absentees."

Matt Lee, Associated Press correspondent: "Forgive my ignorance. What is an election carousel? I've never heard of one."

Jen Psaki: “I must admit that I’m just reading this text. I don’t know what it is. I’ll check with my colleagues what it’s about.”

Jen Psaki: "I think not, Matt."

“I need to clarify” and “let’s return to this topic later” are phrases that journalists hear from the State Department representative regularly. Recently, she was unable to name a single significant achievement of American foreign policy during the tenure of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, although she herself raised this topic at Psaki’s briefing. There is nothing to say about “inconvenient” questions.

Gayane Chichakyan, Russia Today journalist: “Is it a coincidence that both times the Ukrainian authorities sent troops to Eastern Ukraine immediately after the visit of high-ranking US representatives to Kyiv? The first time it was John Brennan, and now it is Vice President Joe Biden. Biden advised this act, or is this a coincidence?

Jen Psaki: “I think you are simply repeating the words of Foreign Minister Lavrov.”

Gayane Chichakyan: “Well, what is your answer?”

Jen Psaki: "Next question!"

However, not only journalists, but also the State Department itself often puts its official representative in an awkward position. An example of this is photographs of a bearded man in camouflage, which Washington took from the Internet and called evidence of the presence of Russian troops in eastern Ukraine.

Matt Lee, Associated Press correspondent: “How sure are you that these photographs show people with ties to Russia?”

Jen Psaki: “These photographs went around all the world’s media, they were on Twitter, and they are in the public domain. In the photographs we see that these people, judging by their external signs, are clearly related to Russia.”

Matt Lee: "Is this what you call proof?"

Psaki: "Hmm."

Said, journalist: “But you don’t want to say that the US government, with all its intelligence and so on, now depends on the photographs that were posted on the Internet!?”

Jen Psaki: “These pictures are from open sources. Draw your own conclusions.”

The topic was immediately picked up by comedy shows. Even the Americans themselves laughed at the State Department.

"Seriously? This is your evidence?! A fat guy with a beard?! Yes, in Eastern Europe everyone is like that! Yes, he looks like almost every guy in the world! Yes, this is two thirds of the ZZ Top group. Or is this the guy who produced the first album Beastie Boys!" - jokes the host of the comedy show “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart”.

Psaki also tries to joke, or rather laugh it off. It turns out awkwardly, as, for example, in the story of Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland, who, in a telephone conversation with Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt, discussing options for the configuration of the future Ukrainian government (again, it would seem, what does the United States have to do with it?) made obscene remarks about the European Union.

Jen Psaki: “You all know Toria well, and you are probably aware that when she was 23 years old, she lived on board a Russian ship for 8 months, and may have learned certain vocabulary there.”

Question: “So they taught her to swear? Do you mean that she is prejudiced against Russia?”

Jen Psaki: "No, my guess is that she may have learned some Russian profanity on board that fishing boat."

Journalist: “But she swore in English.”

Jen Psaki: "She... Okay, I was joking."

Journalist: “Oh, I see.”

There is a clear shortage of personnel in the State Department, analysts say, and note that there is a particularly lack of specialists in Russia. Young cadres prefer the Arab or Chinese direction, while the old ones think in terms of the Cold War. The result is obvious.

Fragment of the humorous show "The daily show with Jon Stewart":

Host: “And now the question is: what should America do with all this now? What is the stupidest option you can come up with?”

Congressman: "We have to make a tactical decision and arm Kyiv, give them 100 T-72 tanks from NATO stockpiles."

Presenter: “We have already done this!!! But the pro-Russian fighters took them away and are now having fun in the parking lot near the store!”

Washington currently does not have a well-thought-out policy in relations with Russia, experts say. Because there is simply no one to think about the prospects. Decisions are made depending on the situation, and it changes rapidly. The Obama administration does not have time to calculate the consequences.

Since 1983, the State Department budget has included expenses for the training of advisers on the USSR. After all, the United States had to take into account Moscow’s interests around the world. Then the emphasis in global politics shifted, and last year the State Department even completely stopped funding programs for training Russian analysts. Now it turns out that they were in a hurry. As the newspapers write, the programs are going to not only be restored, but perhaps even expanded.